Attleboro Arts Museum 28th Benefit Art Auction
Bidders will find high-end framed works along with off the wall treasures.
Auction Item: “LIFE Magazine Newsstand Paperweight and 1961 Issues” donated by the estate of Bett Scott. Donor Value: $130; opening auction bid $45.
Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park Street, Attleboro, MA 02703
Live/Silent Event: Saturday, November 2nd, 2019
- Doors open at 5 pm. Hors d’oeuvres from 5-6:30 pm. Live auction at 6:30 pm.
- Guest Auctioneer: Stuart Slavid of Skinner, Inc.
- Silent auction final bidding and announcement of raffle winners immediately following the live auction.
- Tickets: Museum Members – $35 in advance, $40 at the door; Non-members – $40 in advance, $45 at the door. All tickets include hors d’oeuvres served until 6:30 pm; wine, beer and soft drinks served throughout the evening.
The Preview Beginning Thursday, October 10th at 10am bidders can either visit the Museum’s Auction Preview Exhibition to see the actual auction items, browse online at
http://www.biddingforgood.com/attleboroartsmuseum
to view the companion digital Auction – and even get the proceedings under way by placing bids in advance of the Auction night event.
A special Auction Preview Party will be held from 6-7:30 pm on October 10th – it is free and open to the public and commemorates the start of the Auction season.
All 2019 Auction sponsors will also be honored that evening. Sponsors include: • Headline: City Spirits; Mansfield Bank; Rockland Trust; Russell Morin Catering & Events; Sensata Technologies; The Sun Chronicle • Partner: Bristol County Savings Bank; Castro, Thresher & Oliveira, PC; Collins, Smith & O’Connor, LLP • Friend: Bliss Bros. Dairy; Providence Picture Frame; Willow Tree Farm
For the first time this year one auction item will be on the silent auction block during the October 10th Preview Party and sold to the highest bidder at the end of the night. Bidding will launch at 6 pm for award-winning artist Christina Beecher’s landscape, Evening Sky Glow. When the event concludes at 7:30 pm the top bidder will be the fortunate recipient of this striking work in oil. The artist value on the painting is $275 and the opening bid will be $95. The chance to bid on this work is only open to Preview Party attendees and will give art buyers a taste of things to come.
2019 marks the Attleboro Arts Museum’s 28th Auction. The gala remains one of the organization’s most anticipated events of the year and consistently brings over 225 guests to the Museum’s Ottmar Gallery.
Auction Preview Exhibition (view actual auction items before the live/silent event)
October 10th – 30th, 2019
Preview Party to launch the exhibition of donated items and to honor auction sponsors: Thursday, October 10th from 6-7:30 pm. Free and open to all. Reservations requested, but not required, by October 8th; 508-222-2644 x 10 or office@attleboroartsmuseum.org
Online Auction Bidding: October 10th – 30th (online bidding closes at 5 pm EST, Oct. 30th)
Visit
www.biddingforgood.com/attleboroartsmuseum
to bid in advance of the live auction.